Today would have been the 189th birthday of Gregor Mendel, the Austrian botanist credited as being the "father of modern genetics" for his early work in discovering dominant and recessive hereditary traits in peas.

Its something that shaped a large portion of our modern scientific understanding, making the world an IMMENSELY better place. Google does something great by highlighting fantastic pieces of historical achievements that might otherwise go unappreciated by many. Good work Google.

Clone used to define horticultural experimentation; modern man changed that so that it is to mean "identical"; we all have different fingerprints, different DNA/RNA; different pupils in our eyes; nothing identical but I still love you.